They want to build the Starship Enterprise!

Hinrich Schwab · 06-06-12, 10:48 PM

It's kind of funny that the pictures on the website of the Enterprise (1701-A) are of the one version that has the greatest structural flaw of all of the models; the base of the nacelle pylons. I had no less than six models of this ship and all of them fractured at the base joint where the pylons meet the hull. Even in a zero-g environment, it is a critical stress point that is not structurally sound. I have also had models of the other variations as well as the Reliant*. All of them are more sound than the 1701-A variant.

EDIT: I also think that 20 years total to build it is foolishly optimistic. Technology is not that advanced yet. If they said 120 years, I could take this seriously.

* The Reliant's design seems more pragmatic to me and would be a better research goal.

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06-06-12, 10:48 PM	#6
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	It's kind of funny that the pictures on the website of the Enterprise (1701-A) are of the one version that has the greatest structural flaw of all of the models; the base of the nacelle pylons. I had no less than six models of this ship and all of them fractured at the base joint where the pylons meet the hull. Even in a zero-g environment, it is a critical stress point that is not structurally sound. I have also had models of the other variations as well as the Reliant. All of them are more sound than the 1701-A variant. EDIT: I also think that 20 years total to build it is foolishly optimistic. Technology is not that* advanced yet. If they said 120 years, I could take this seriously. * The Reliant's design seems more pragmatic to me and would be a better research goal.